Disclaimer: I own nothing related to either story line.

Naruto and Tsukune met up with the feminine trio on their way to Miss Nekonome's class.

"Any ideas on what is on the agenda today? The syllabus just said that we would only be having class for about twenty minutes then we would be dismissed for a school-wide activity." Kurumu asked the other four.

"Not a clue." answered Moka.

"What about you Tsukune? Any ideas?" Naruto asked the brown haired boy walking with the group.

Tsukune shook his head. He was sore, and didn't want to do anything but sit and not be chased while trying to use jutsu, mould chakra, or do any activity even closely-related to shinobi training.

As they slowly filtered into the classroom, they took up their usual seats. After marking attendance, Miss Nekonome started to write on the board. As she did she began talking. "Now, as I have said multiple times, the point of this school is to teach all of you how to properly disguise yourselves in the human world. To this end, we have a mandatory club attendance policy. Before the end of next week each student is to have signed up for and participate in at least one club. It is meant to help you in your actions during your transformations."

At this point, the same individual who had mentioned Miss Nekonome's tail dared to pipe up again at her failed transformation. Naruto sighed as instead of a book, he was rather savagely scratched. After another in-class mauling, Miss Nekonome continued. Now, make sure you visit multiple clubs. Be sure to stop by the Newspaper club's booth. I'm the sponsor for it. I would love to see you there. Class dismissed."

The quintet waited until most of the class had left. Naruto turned to Mizore, "I am assuming that we will be joining the same club?"

Mizore nodded. "Joining a club without you would be rather boring."

Naruto leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Never mind the fact you would skip your club and spy on me in mine anyway."

Mizore simply nodded as she kept walking.

Kurumu was plotting. 'I wonder if I could convince Naruto join me in a club. Then none of those boys that I had tried to charm would try to make advances that I don't like.' The effects didn't last too long but there were some really creepy boys who now stalked her. 'Not to mention the opportunities for teasing him would be increased.' Unbidden, the photo that she had seen and taken from Mizore of her blonde friend rose to her mind. 'But Mizore would probably hurt me if I flirted with him too much. But then again, it would be worth it. We are friends anyway, what harm is a little flirting between friends?'

Tsukune was being a typical teenage boy. As they made their way through the various displays he could only think about seeing the girls in bathing suits he heard other students talking about. When he saw the booth for the swimming club, he decided that it would be best to try to at least convince Naruto to try it out. "What about the swimming club?"

At this comment, Moka stopped. Natuo noticed this and decided to field the question. "Well, I think we should take Miss Nekonome's advice and look at more than just one or two clubs. He then mused out loud, "Maybe they have a ramen appreciation club."

Mizore lightly punched her boyfriend in the arm. "You know you can only have that once a week. I agree with your mother. You do remember that I am enforcing that while you are here, don't you?"

Naruto pouted and looked disappointed. "I thought you had forgotten." He muttered.

Seeing her boyfriend's pout, Mizore responded, "Besides, I have your mom's noodle and broth recipes. Once I can cook it, we will have to see what happens."

Naruto turned to the succubus behind him. Grabbing her shoulders, he asked, his voice serious and almost pleading, "Kurumu, can you teach her how to make them with the recipes?"

Kurumu, slightly shocked by Naruto's actions, responded, "Of course." Anything that she would have said, namely the fact that those lessons would have to wait until Mizore didn't cause something to explode when she turned on or used the oven, stove, blender, pasta mill, egg beater, well any kitchen gadget really. Kurumu still couldn't use a garlic press without actively repressing horrific memories. Her train of thought was cut off when Naruto picked her up and spun her around in a hug. Her mind blanked when this happened.

"Thanks Kurumu. I really am looking forward to that. My mom makes the best ramen ever." He finished and set the blue haired succubus down.

"N-n-not a problem Naruto." Kurumu stuttered out. Traitorous, and if she was honest with herself, lecherous thoughts ran through the girl's brain. As the group resumed walking, Kurumu had to focus heavily on putting one foot in front of the other.

Turning a corner they saw a rather packed corridor. Booths were set up all along the hallway. There was a lot of talking and trying to get people to pay attention to the various groups. Oddly enough there were even a few Youkai who were not in their transformed disguises. Naruto and the girls steered Tsukune away from the swimming club booth that had scantily clad figures calling to the masses. They had decided to look at other clubs after all.

Tsukune was rather weirded out looking at some of the clubs. The Acupuncture Club members looked like living pincushions. The Chemistry Club looked like they were boiling a few things in a cauldron. This was opposed to the photography club representative that just screamed creepy and crazy stalker. When Mizore stated this fact, Naruto just looked at her. She replied to his unasked question. "My monitoring of your well being is completely healthy. It is expected of a Yuki Onna to keep an eye on the object of their affection. That guy just looked like he should be clubbed for the betterment of the world." Oddly no-one in the group could refute her statement.

After shaking off a few members from clubs that wanted Moka or Kurumu to join, Naruto and the group checked out a few different clubs. Kurumu wanted to look at the Cooking Club. Moka the Art club, and Naruto, oddly enough the Gardening Club. Mizore was shocked to see that there was Ice skating club looking for a Yuki Onna to help them out. They saw a table for the Newspaper Club, but no-one was there. When they had made their way to back to the swimming club's booth, Tsukune was rather distracted again by the shapely girls in skimpy bathing suits.

"Well hello there. My name is Tamao Ichinose. Would you like to swim with us?"

Naruto picked up a pamphlet about the swimming club. He noticed something. "Is every member of the Swimming Club female?"

Tamao nodded. "At least this year, yes. That means that any boys who join would receive rather special attention."

When she leaned in close, Naruto caught a whiff of something. He took a step back. "That seems odd. One might even say a little fishy."

The girl's eyes narrowed. "If you don't like it, then you don't have to join."

Meanwhile, Tsukune was drooling over the other members who were out flaunting in their suits.

"When is your first meeting? And where can I get swim trunks?" asked Tsukune

"Oh, just in a few minutes actually, and we have a good selection of trunks already. We wanted to make sure that any boy who wanted to join would be able to. It will be at the small pool that is marked for our use."

Tsukune nodded. "I'll be there." He then turned to the girls who were present, "Do any of you want to come with me? What about you Moka?"

Moka shook her head, "I don't like swimming."

Tsukune tried to persuade her to at least come to the opening meeting. As Naruto mulled things over, he decided that if Tsukune was going to fall into a possible trap, Naruto decided that, should Tsukune want help, he would be there to help. The situation just felt wrong anyway. After explaining things to Kurumu and Mizore, who decided to be close by, just in case, Naruto took Tsukune aside.

"Tsukune, Moka really doesn't like water. It is part of her nature. She probably has never gone swimming a day in her life."

Tsukune looked crestfallen. "Well do you think Kurumu would like to come?"

Naruto merely shrugged. "You would have to ask her, but as I'm sure you noticed, she doesn't like it when guys pay attention to girls other than her."

In all truth, Tsukune hadn't noticed that. Undaunted, he continued, "Would I be okay to go by myself?"

Naruto shook his head. "Probably not, there is something…off about the whole situation. If I were in your shoes I wouldn't…"

At this point, however, Tamao came up and grabbed Tsukune by the arm. "Come on, we will be late."

Tsukune merely replied, "Sure. Naruto, I think you are just being paranoid."

As the pair left Naruto's eyes narrowed. He finally was able to place the scent that had been drifting around. He then rolled his eyes and sighed. "Well girls, unless we want to send Tsukune home in a body bag, we'd better rescue him from a problem of his own design." Mizore and Kurumu nodded while Moka looked slightly confused. "Moka, since we will be by the pool, don't worry about coming."

Moka nodded and simply said "Thanks Naruto. Will you let me know how it turns out?"

"Mizore, Kurumu, we are going to be dealing with mermaids. Kurumu, if you get a chance, and Tsukune needs it, lift him out of the pool and get him out of there. If you fall in, I will grab you. Mermaids are practically unmatched in the water, there are a few Youkai that can beat them, but they are rare. Mizore and I can handle any others."

Kurumu looked confused. "How Naruto?"

"The water has to be liquid for the mermaids to be strong doesn't it?" Nartuo asked.

Mizore smirked in understanding. "What about the other boys Naruto?"

"If we can do something, we will, but otherwise, well they are Youkai, they really should know better."

Kurumu looked a little confused at this but nodded all the same.

Nartuo and the girls made their way over to the pool. It looked like the boys were being shown the finer points of swimming by a contingent of scantily clad females. Kurumu took to the air then covered herself with an illusion of a rather nondescript bird. Mizore had snuck in and was hiding behind a deck chair. She then whispered, "Nice Henge Naruto." and pinched the seat of the chair.

The chair shifted slightly, and then Naruto's voice was heard whispering, "Now is not the time for this Mizore. Besides how did you find out?"

"A lady never reveals her secrets. What is the plan?"

"Since when have I ever had a plan doing something like this?"

"Valid point."

The swimming club continued for some time and Mizore noticed that the girls were definitely using tactics that her mother had at least discussed with her a few times while Naruto was out with Jiraiya. Mizore secretly wanted to try some of those moves out with Naruto. It was easily thirty minutes into the 'lesson' when the mermaids decided to make their move on those they had lured to join them.

Seeing one of the swimmers become an old man, Naruto undid his Henge and stood. "Mizore, I can't show my abilities, there are too many people here. I need you to freeze the surface of the pool for me. I will just walk on the top of the water while you do it. They really won't able to pull me down if I'm not in the water." Mizore nodded, her hair and hands shifting into ice. Naruto ran and jumped, throwing two Youkai out of the pool when he landed on the surface. He jumped and flipped over the pursuing mermaids. He was able to grab a few more out of the way while Kurumu had swooped down and grabbed Tsukune. Tamao jumped out of the water trying to grab Tsukune. She latched on to his leg, and Kurumu started to falter in the air. Naruto was surprised by Moka jumping and knocking Tamao back towards the surface of the pool. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't grab Tsukune, and started to fall toward the surface of the water and a rather immense amount of pain due to her vampire nature. Naruto jumped to catch the pink haired vampire. He then tossed her onto the iced over part of the pool. There were a few Youkai that hadn't been attacked by the mermaids yet that were frozen into the surface of the pool. Moka slid along the ice before grabbing one of the Youkai popsicles and jumping off of the pool. Naruto, correcting from his throw, landed in the middle of the pool, standing on the water using his chakra. The mermaids not already frozen in place started to circle him. They all started shrieking about how he will pay for what he had done. As one, they came at him.

Naruto smirked then jumped. Forming a few handseals, he murmured, "Raiton, Gian." A bolt looking like blue lightning erupted from his mouth. Once it hit the water, all the mermaids started convulsing. Naruto could swear that he could see bones for a few moments as their bodies lit up. As he landed at the side of the pool, one thought went through his mind, "Huh, I thought that only happened in comics and the like. Well, you learn something new every day.' As he looked over the slightly steaming unconscious mermaids, he called to the other Youkai still trapped in the ice, "You can get yourself out. They will be out long enough for you to free yourselves. Don't be idiots next time." The looks he was given were all of slight fear that he could take out mermaids in their own territory.

Kurumu landed with Tsukune and Naruto smacked him on the back of his head. "Paranoid am I?"

Tsukune was still hyperventilating over what had happened. He was able to eventually wheeze out, "I thought mermaids were nice."

Naruto smirked, "Tsukune, you were almost eaten by a 'nice' Youkai but were saved by one many humans and Youkai would count as 'evil'. I told you, it is all in how they act and what they do. Don't make assumptions. It can easily get you killed. Learn to look before you leap, especially here. Besides, mermaids are known for causing shipwrecks. Does that sound like nice behavior to you?"

Tsukune stuttered out, "N-n-no. So who do I have to look out for here?"

Naruto sighed and shook his head again. "Everyone until you know how they operate. This trap by the mermaids is a perfect example, understand?"

Tsukune nodded dumbly as they made their way from the pool.

Naruto turned to the girls walking with them, "Mizore, excellent job, you did a good job in such a short time. Kurumu, Thanks for your save, I don't think that I was going to get to Tsukune before he was eaten. Moka, I thought you were going back to your room. I'm not complaining, you were great, but why did you come back?"

Moka blushed slightly then said, "I wanted to help. I didn't know if I could, but I am glad I was able to. Besides, I hate not helping." She paused, then continued, "Tsukune is a friend. Even if his blood doesn't taste as good as yours Naruto, I still would hate to lose him as a friend."

Kurumu couldn't remain quiet, "Not to mention as a meal if Mizore is fed up with you drinking off Naruto." She was smirking rather widely at the expression that was blooming on the vampire's face.

Moka's cheeks became red and Tsukune groaned.

"Tsukune?"

"Yes Naruto?"

"Are you going to take your training seriously yet?"

"Will I be able to do what you did earlier? I don't want to go through that again."

"It will take a while to be able to do that. You need to get your Chakra capacity bigger first. You are having trouble doing the tree-climbing exercise for that exact reason. Well, that and your level of chakra control is atrocious."

Tsukune merely nodded.

Mizore asked, "Does that mean more target practice for me?"

Tsukune hid behind Moka whimpering, "Don't let the crazy ice lady get me Moka." He was shivering almost uncontrollably.

Kurumu tilted her head to one side. She obviously was missing out on something. "Naruto, what is going on?"

Naruto decided to use their cover story for Tsukune. He knew that Kurumu was afraid of humans because of stories of humans who became violent after a Succubus found her Destined One. He would explain things later if they needed to let her in on the secret. Leaning over to Kurumu, Naruto whispered, "Tsukune is a Shinobi. He has a long way to go though."

Kurumu whispered back, "Those are the boundary beings Jiraiya studied with?'

Naruto nodded at this. "Don't spread it around as you can see, he hasn't really learned all that much. He needs to work on it."

"Mom said that they had some really effective illusionary tactics. Do you know any of them?"

"Actually, yes. But you can re-create them with your abilities, I'll write a few descriptions down for you on the weekend."

By now, their conversation and travels had taken them back towards the dormitories.

Miss Nekonome happened to cross their path. "What did you think of the newspaper club?"

After sharing a glance, Naruto spoke up for the group. "Actually, we stopped by but no one was there."

Miss Nekonome's face now sported a frown. "I told the member from last year who is still with the club to be there. If he didn't show, then he will likely be in trouble."

"What would have held him up to not be there at the table?"

Miss Nekonome's eyes narrowed and her hair poofed out slightly. All the students unconsciously took a step back. However, only Naruto recognized a Feminine Rage factor of 3. (Enough to angry with a man but not enough to warrant injuring him.)

Miss Nekonome stomped away mumbling under her breath, but stopped and turned now looking normal, "Did you all sign up for clubs?"

Kurumu spoke up, "Well, we couldn't find a club that we liked."

Miss Nekonome was on this comment like a cat on a mouse. "You should at least stop by the Newspaper Club. We have a meeting tomorrow. Will I at least be seeing you there since no-one was at the table?" The look on her face indicated that there was only one correct answer to her question.

The quintet all nodded their heads. Their thoughts, however were all along the lines of: 'She can be extremely creepy/persuasive when she wants to be.'

That night, in Naruto's room, he was getting ready for bed when his window opened and Mizore slipped in. Naruto chuckled without turning around, "Mizore, you're early. You normally wait until I turn off my light and am at least half-asleep."

Turning Naruto read something in Mizore's body language. "Mizore, what is wrong?"

"Naruto, I…never mind."

Naruto took Mizore's hand and pulled her down to sit next to him on his bed. "Mizore. Tell me what is on your mind."

"Naruto, I," she was quiet for a few moments, "I wanted to know if…" Mizore fell silent again.

Naruto just looked at his girlfriend and let her sort through her thoughts.

"What did you think of the Swimming Club?" Mizore finally managed to get out.

Naruto's face mirrored the confusion in his voice. "It was a trap by mermaids. What was I supposed to think about it?"

Mizore murmured under her breath.

Naruto remained silent while trying to work out what Mizore was really asking. As he drew a blank he remembered something his father said. "Women sometimes often ask one question but really want an answer to a different one. Don't ask me why, no male Youkai is powerful enough to understand a female." Naruto mentally smiled before breaking the silence, "Mizore, What do you really want to know?" As he spoke, he cupped her chin and brought her blue eyes to meet his own. "I thought we could talk about anything."

Mizore was silent.

Naruto decided to ask her a question "What did you think of the Swimming Club?"

Mizore answered, "You fought well."

"Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Yes and no."

"Well…" Naruto trailed off.

It took Mizore a few minutes to verbalize her thoughts.

"It was the first time that we actually fought someone, not just spars. It was scary. I mean I know that you are really strong, but I was worried about you."

"Mizore, that was an easy fight. Jiraiya and I have been in worse."

"I was scared and worried once I started to think about it. I know that our parents talked about it, but that doesn't make it any easier."

"The first serious fight is always the worst. I actually froze when Jiraiya and I were attacked during our trip."

Mizore shot back exasperated. "I wasn't worried about me, I was worried about you!"

Naruto looked shocked. "Mizore, I am a class A Youkai. You don't have to worry about me."

"I'm not allowed to worry about the fox that I love?"

Naruto was drawn up short. He now remembered something that his father told him, In his mid he heard Minato's voice, "Son, when a woman gets emotional about something, don't under any circumstance, tell her that her reasoning is stupid, pointless, or belittle it in any way.. To do this invites pain and sleeping on the couch."

Naruto took a moment to gather his thoughts. "Mizore, of course you are. I would be an idiot to say that you can't. You didn't seem too worried while we were fighting them."

Mizore looked at Naruto. "It wasn't until after everything was over, that I really got worried. Is that stupid?"

Remembering his father's advice again, Naruto shook his head. "Dad and Jiraiya both said that sometimes in a fight you can just get in a rhythm that your brain doesn't catch up with till later. Do you think that happened to you?"

Mizore nodded.

Naruto smiled, and said, "Good. They said that someone who has that happen usually is well trained and can tell when they are in over their head."

Mizore seemed to mull this over before her face cleared of worry.

Naruto asked, "Is there anything else you wanted to ask about the swimming club?"

Mizore blushed lightly at this, but said nothing.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her reaction. "If you want to ask a question, go ahead."

Mizore didn't say anything for a few minutes and Naruto let her work up the courage to ask her question.

Finally she whispered out, "Do you think I'm pretty?"

"Of course I do, why do you ask?"

"Most of the girls at the swimming club are better looking than I am."

"Do you really think that?"

Mizore didn't reply verbally, she only nodded.

Naruto recalled something that Tsurara had told him once about Yuki-Onna. "Mizore, do you think I would forget what I promised you?"

Mizore looked away, tears in her eyes, "I don't want to doubt you, but I do."

Naruto raised her head by putting his hand under her chin. "Mizore, just a little over hundred years ago, even the humans were getting married at this age or younger. Dad and Mom sat me down and told me what your question meant and your mom took it a step further from a perspective of a Yuki-Onna. If it will make you feel any better, this weekend, it will just be you and me. No one else."

"What if Moka gets hungry? Or Tsukune's training? Or Kurumu's cook…" her questions were silenced by a rather sweet kiss from her boyfriend.

"They can wait one weekend. You need some Naruto and Mizore time. Besides, if Moka gets hungry there is always tomato juice, or Tsukune."

Mizore giggled, "That would be good training for him anyway."

"Now, I am tired after today and we did promise Miss Nekonome that we would at least see what the newspaper club is all about. We need to go to sleep."

Mizore stood up to leave. Naruto held up his hand. "Why are you leaving, we both know that you will be back here soon anyway. Just stay, you need your rest too."

Mizore yawned at his statement and waited until he was under the blanket before she joined Naruto and cuddled into his side. One thought ran through her head before she fell asleep. 'It's nice not to have to sneak in all the time.'

AN: Just a light dusting of Naruto/Mizore sweetness, as my beta puts it to end the chapter.

Omake (Originally from Delphinious, slight changes on my part and blame my beta for any disturbing mental images)

Moka was looking around, trying to spot some hint of the brilliant blond hair that would alert her to Naruto's presence. She hadn't seen him all day because they didn't have homeroom today and she hadn't drunk any blood since early the day before. She was beginning to get hungry, dizzy, and desperate when she saw Tsukune sitting in front of a tree. He was sitting on a cushion behind a small table with a teacup in his hand and another sitting next to the tree. He was flirting with the tree, and occasionally blushing at comments only he could hear. As Moka smiled in amusement at him, he slapped the tree like you would slap a person on the shoulder, but being a tree, he scratched his hand on the bark and this drew a thin line of blood on his palm. The humanlike scent overcame her and her thirst overpowered her. She dashed forwards and began sucking his blood. As she was drinking she noticed there was a unique, ramen flavor to his blood (naruto's medicine would taste like ramen) but she dismissed it. As soon as she recovered her self control she apologized to Tsukune and ran off.

A mere hour later the school was stunned to see Moka running around in a Batgirl costume, which amused many of the students due to the not so secret knowledge that she is a vampire, and the classical myths that vampires turn into bats. The truly disturbing part, however was Tsukune dressed in a Poison Ivy costume chasing her around. This caused more than a few eye-gouging related incidents. Luckily, a few minutes later Naruto swooped through the courtyard and spirited Moka off. This caused Tsukune to run and hide as well. All students present were grateful for the reprieve from the twisted scene that they had witnessed Naruto then allowed Moka to drink his blood which overpowered the concoction that was affecting her and returned her to her normal state of mind. The students who saw the event quickly forgot it and the mentally scarring incident was never mentioned again.

Omake from my beta

Tsukune crashed through the window to the classroom. A loud obnoxious cry of "Dynamic Entry" assaulted the ears of all the students present. Tsukune was seen in the front of the class in green spandex with orange legwarmers. "You, most unyouthful student. I will make you pay for that comment. One does not disgrace such a youthful teacher like that." Once the assault was completed, Tsukune took a black handkerchief from a student that was covering her antennae. Suddenly, his voice changed, "Listen up Maggots! These are the rules. Every time someone catches you cheating, one of your ten points will be deducted. Once you hit zero you will be thrown out of the test and you will have to wait six more months to take this test again. Now you wouldn't think a gangly teenager dressed in green spandex could command a room, but all the Youkai present noticed that there seemed to be an aura emanating from him, while not dangerous, seemed to say that if they disobeyed him, there would be consequences. Miss Nekonome took the tests Tsukune had in hand and passed them out. Taking the spare, she looked at the questions. The teachers were under orders that if any Youkai had an insanity period they were to go along with it on the offchance that the student might harm themselves or others.

Muttering under her breath she asked herself, "Why would anyone need to know how to calculate the parabolic arc that a shuriken would take?"

Tsukune tossed the bandana on the ground, then knelt by Miss Nekonome, "You are in the springtime of your youth, Miss Nekonome, don't allow any unyouthful individual to dampen the youthful fires of youth that burn youthfully within your youthful heart!" (A/N I SO want to delete that sentence. IT violates so many realms in my head) This was yelled at the top of his voice by Tsukune.

Miss Nekonome was rather shocked; needless to say her sensitive hearing was now assaulted by this student's rather boisterous proclamations.

Tsukune stood while Miss Nekonome's ears were ringing. He now addressed the class, striking a nice guy pose, the resounding ping of light caused many Youkai to lose their vision for a brief moment, "Youthful class, do not let your flames of youth sputter, for without youth, you have nothing! But for now; Dynamic Exit!" This was followed by the sound of another window breaking.

Naruto and the school nurse had come in to the room seconds later. One Youkai had curled up in the corner muttering about green spandex and youth.

Naruto asked the class, "Which way did he go?"

A few students wordlessly pointed to the newly broken window, and Naruto leapt out after the errant human.

The nurse, after giving everyone a once-over, spoke to Miss Nekonome, "Sorry this is the fourth classroom he has done this to today." Picking up the discarded handkerchief, she offered to the girl it was taken from, "Is this yours dear?"

The girl shook her head. "It has his crazy on it now, he can keep it!"

AN: So there you have it conclusion of Chapter 8. Thanks to Delphinious for the Omake. My apologies for any mental eye-gouging. Blame my beta. If you would like to leave a review, feel free. However, vulgarity is not wanted or appreciated. Constructive criticism is welcome, flames are not. That said, I'm signing out until I have more to upload.